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potential evapotranspiration

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potential evapotranspiration [pə′ten·chəl i‚vap·ō‚tranz·pə′rā·shən]
(hydrology)
Generally, the amount of moisture which, if available, would be removed from a given land area by evapotranspiration; expressed in units of water depth.


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The researchers noticed a marked change in the scatter of data points on a graph relating mammal species richness to potential evapotranspiration, a measure of energy based on how much water would evaporate from a surface.
 
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